Kreidler

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Kreidler was a German manufacturer of bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles.

Kreidler was originally based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. It was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" (Kreidlers metal and wire factory) by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German motorcycles were Kreidler. In the 1970s Kreidler had very great success in motorsport. Especially in the Netherlands the riders Jan de Vries and Henk van Kessel were successful.

Kreidler went out of business in 1982 and the rights to the trade mark were sold to the businessman Rudolf Scheidt who had Italian manufacturer

• 1971 Jan de Vries
• 1973 Jan de Vries
• 1974 Henk van Kessel
• 1975 Ángel Nieto
• 1979 Eugenio Lazzarini
• 1980 Eugenio Lazzarini
• 1982 Stefan Dörflinger

Gallery

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  Van Veen Racing Kreidler of Jan de Vries (1971)
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  "Kreidler Racing Florett" (1963)
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  "Kreidler Van Veen GP" (1977)
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  "Kreidler Zigarre" (50 cm³, record: 210.634 km/h 23 October 1965, Utah, USA)

See also

• Kreidler Florett RS

References

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